!!!Azerbaijan: People & Society ||Population|9,872,765 (July 2016 est.) ||Nationality|''noun'': Azerbaijani(s) \\ ''adjective'': Azerbaijani \\ ||Ethnic groups|Azerbaijani 91.6%, Lezghin 2%, Russian 1.3%, Armenian 1.3%, Talysh 1.3%, other 2.4% \\ ''__note__'': the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region is populated almost entirely by ethnic Armenians (2009 est.) \\ ||Languages|Azerbaijani (Azeri) (official) 92.5%, Russian 1.4%, Armenian 1.4%, other 4.7% (2009 est.) ||Religions|Muslim 96.9% (predominantly Shia), Christian 3%, other <0.1, unaffiliated <0.1 (2010 est.) \\ ''__note__'': religious affiliation is still nominal in Azerbaijan; percentages for actual practicing adherents are much lower \\ ||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 22.82% (male 1,204,976/female 1,047,737) \\ ''15-24 years'': 15.77% (male 812,537/female 744,538) \\ ''25-54 years'': 45.28% (male 2,188,683/female 2,281,242) \\ ''55-64 years'': 9.64% (male 439,566/female 512,118) \\ ''65 years and over'': 6.5% (male 245,144/female 396,224) (2016 est.) \\ ||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 38% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 30.3% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 7.8% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 12.9% (2015 est.) \\ ||Median age|''total'': 30.9 years \\ ''male'': 29.3 years \\ ''female'': 32.6 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Population growth rate|0.92% (2016 est.) ||Birth rate|16.2 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Death rate|7.1 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Net migration rate|0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Population distribution|highest population density is found in the far eastern area of the county, in and around Baku; apart from smaller urbanized areas, the rest of the country has a fairly evenly distributed population ||Urbanization|''urban population'': 54.6% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': 1.56% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ ||Major urban areas - population|BAKU (capital) 2.374 million (2015) ||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.11 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.15 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 1.09 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 0.96 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 0.86 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.62 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 0.98 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ ||Mother's mean age at first birth|23.5 (2013 est.) ||Maternal mortality rate|25 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) ||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 24.7 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 25.6 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 23.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ ||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 72.5 years \\ ''male'': 69.5 years \\ ''female'': 75.8 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Total fertility rate|1.9 children born/woman (2016 est.) ||Contraceptive prevalence rate|51.1% (2006) ||Health expenditures|6% of GDP (2014) ||Physicians density|3.4 physicians/1,000 population (2013) ||Hospital bed density|4.7 beds/1,000 population (2012) ||Drinking water source|''improved'': \\ urban: 94.7% of population \\ rural: 77.8% of population \\ total: 87% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 5.3% of population \\ rural: 22.2% of population \\ total: 13% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||Sanitation facility access|''improved'': \\ urban: 91.6% of population \\ rural: 86.6% of population \\ total: 89.3% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 8.4% of population \\ rural: 13.4% of population \\ total: 10.7% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|0.17% (2015 est.) ||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|10,700 (2015 est.) ||HIV/AIDS - deaths|300 (2015 est.) ||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|22.2% (2014) ||Children under the age of 5 years underweight|4.9% (2013) ||Education expenditures|2.6% of GDP (2014) ||Literacy|''definition'': age 15 and over can read and write \\ ''total population'': 99.8% \\ ''male'': 99.9% \\ ''female'': 99.8% (2015 est.) \\ ||School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)|''total'': 13 years \\ ''male'': 13 years \\ ''female'': 13 years (2014) \\ ||Child labor - children ages 5-14|''total number'': 144,397 \\ ''percentage'': 7% \\ \\ ''__note__'': data represent children ages 5-17 (2005 est.) \\ ||Unemployment, youth ages 15-24|''total'': 13.8% \\ ''male'': 12% \\ ''female'': 15.6% (2013 est.) \\